Barron report due to be published in next few weeks

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the Barron Report into the murder of Co Louth man, Seamus Ludlow is likely to be published in the next few weeks.

Mr Ludlow’s body was found dumped near Ballymascanlon, close to the border with Co Armagh, after he was picked up by a UVF gang in Dundalk in the summer of 1976.

Members of the Gardaí are expected to come in for criticism in the report for the manner in which the investigation was handled.

It is understood that the delay in publishing the report arose from difficulties in identifying then members of the gardai who were implicated in the case, and are still living.

The Dáil also heard how the Government’s legal advisor, the Attorney General, Rory Brady is studying the legal possibility of taking action against British and European courts over the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.